Summary: <p><strong>Panel: </strong></p> <ul> <li>Charles Max Wood</li> <li>Lucas Reis</li> <li>Sia Karamalegos</li> </ul> <p>In this episode, the React Round Up panelists talk about finding a job as a developer. Charles is getting ready to release a course on finding a job and he finds that he is always getting asked about how new developers can find a job. They talk about how they all found their first coder job, picking your target company, and understanding what you want in a job. They also touch on Charles’ upcoming course, the importance of showing initiative, and more!</p> <p><strong>In particular, we dive pretty deep on:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Sign up to chat with Charles at <a href="https://meetme.so/devchatlistener">DevChat.tv/15Minutes</a> </li> <li>Why they want to touch on this topic</li> <li>Get used to failure</li> <li><a href="https://www.pluralsight.com/codeschool">CodeSchool</a></li> <li><a href="http://nolahacknight.com/">Hack Night meetup</a></li> <li>Going to meetups to slowly start networking</li> <li>Making friends with developers in your community</li> <li>Networking before you need a job</li> <li>Learning and helping mindset</li> <li>Don’t be afraid to ask if people are hiring</li> <li>How did you figure out what your target company was?</li> <li>Checking out the culture of a company</li> <li>Understanding the travel involved</li> <li>Figure out what you like in a job as you go</li> <li>Always be looking at your portfolio and resume</li> <li>Gain as much experience as you can everywhere you go</li> <li>Stick to learning one language/system</li> <li>Really master the languages/systems of the company you want to uses</li> <li>Show initiative</li> <li>Finding a champion at your target company</li> <li>And much, much more!</li> </ul> <p><strong>Links:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://meetme.so/devchatlistener">DevChat.tv/15Minutes</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.pluralsight.com/codeschool">CodeSchool</a></li> <li><a href="http://nolahacknight.com/">Hack Night meetup</a></li> <li><a href="https://devchat.tv/">Charles’ Course</a></li> <li><a href="https://medium.freecodecamp.org/how-to-interview-your-interviewers-f8f65ac57b80"><em>How to interview your interviewers</em> blog post</a></li> <li><a href="https://devchat.tv/ruby-rogues/184-rr-what-we-actually-know-about-software-development-and-why-we-believe-its-true-with-greg-wilson-and-andreas-stefik">Ruby Rogues Episode 184</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Sponsors</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.telerik.com/kendo-angular-ui/?utm_medium=cpm&utm_source=adventuresinng&utm_campaign=dt-kendo-ang2-nov16&utm_content=audio">Kendo UI</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.digitalocean.com/">Digital Ocean </a></li> <li><a href="https://www.freshbooks.com/invoice?ref=11731&utm_source=pbm&utm_medium=affiliate-program&utm_influencer=419364&utm_campaign=podcast-influencers">FreshBooks</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Picks:</strong></p> <p>Charles</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphan_Black">Orphan Black</a></li> <li><a href="https://devchat.tv/">His Course</a></li> </ul> <p>Lucas</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://hillelwayne.com/post/the-best-se-paper/"><em>The Best Software Engineering Paper You Haven’t Read</em> </a></li> </ul> <p>Sia</p> <ul> <li>Family</li> </ul>
